What do I do when I discovered there were oranges in the fridge and chocolate chips as well? Ah hah!!! idea pops up and the mood is ON …. yeahh that’s right, the baking mood was triggered precisely at that moment and the outcome?

– In a separate medium bowl, cream together margarine and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time then stir in the orange zest, orange juice, and buttermilk. Pour into the flour mixture, and mix just until evenly moist. Spoon batter into muffin cups.

– Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Let muffins cool in the pan on a wire rack for at least 10 minutes before removing from the pan.

A very BIG THANK YOU to Sis N for sharing this recipe. Love the taste and the texture …. out of the oven and once cooled, within minutes half of the batch was already eaten by us.

I started cooking and baking since 8 am just now … non-stop multi-tasking since I’m pressed for time today. Alhamdulillah I am still able to post this (again multi-tasking) while getting ready to go out in a while. Bringing a few of the muffins for my cousin and my aunt.

I made two batch … one with raisin and the other with leftovers chocolate chips 😉

Directions:
Preheat oven to 190 degrees C.
Line muffin tin with paper liners.
In a large bowl, sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon powder.
In a separate mixing bowl, beat eggs, butter and sugar.
Add in the milk and mix again.
Pour flour mixture into eggs and mix until moistened.
Fold in shredded carrots and some of the raisins.

Scoop mixture into muffin cups. Topped with some leftover raisins (can even add cherries)
Bake for 25 minutes or until cooked.

This recipe came from one of my cookbooks and it is a recipe by Chef Mastura. The ingredients are simple but with a twist, using yoghurt and sunflower seeds, thus to me it’s like a more healthier version. More important it taste soo good 🙂

Finally… Finally I bought a big piece of cempedak and pureed the flesh of the seeds to bake as muffins.

For those wondering what is a cempedak … here a link for more info on it!

Since last year I have been wanting to do so but somehow never did managed to do it until yesterday!

Simply love the aroma and taste of the muffin though as usual my eldest did not like such strong smell and taste of such fruits. Thanks to the recipe book written by Chef Siti Mastura. I bought the book during the fasting month and Chef Siti had kindly even autographed the book …. am soooo happy! 🙂

Waiting to be bake …

and finally ready to eat! … oh and by the way, this beautiful photo of the muffin was taken by my niece, Aishah! 🙂